some helpful prayer for NCLEX taker

prayer to st. joseph of cupertino

( for success on exams )

prayer one

o great st. joseph of cupertino who while on earth did obtain from god the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favour in the examinations for which i am now preparing. in return i promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. through christ our lord.

st. joseph of cupertino, pray for us.

amen.

prayer two

o st. joseph of cupertino who by your prayer obtained from god to be asked at your examination, the only preposition you knew. grant that i may like you succeed in the (here mention the name of examination) examination. in return i promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.

o st. joseph of cupertino pray for me.

o holy ghost enlighten me.

our lady of good studies pray for me.

sacred head of jesus, seat of divine wisdom, enlighten me.

novena to

st theresa

of the child jesus

first, recite the prayer...

o st. therese of the child jesus,

who during your short life on earth

became a mirror of angelic purity,

of love strong as death,

and of wholehearted abandonment to god,

now that you rejoice in the reward of your virtues,

cast a glance of pity on me

as i leave all things in your hands.

make my troubles your own,

speak a word for me to our lady immaculate,

whose flower of special love you were

to that queen of heaven

"who smiled on you at the dawn of life."

beg her powerful intercession

the grace i yearn for so ardently at this moment...

(state your intention here....)

and that she join with it a blessing

that may strengthen me during life,

defend me at the hour of death,

and lead me straight on to a happy eternity.

amen.

o god, who did inflame with the spirit of love,

the soul of your servant therese of the child jesus,

grant that we also may love you

and make you much loved.

amen.

next, recite the prayer of the appropriate day...

day one

o therese of the child jesus,

well beloved and full of charity,

in union with you,

i reverently adore the majesty of god,

and since i rejoice with exceeding joy

in the singular gifts of grace

bestowed upon you during your life,

and your gifts of glory after death,

i give him deepest thanks for them;

i beseech you with all my heart's devotion

to be pleased to obtain for me

(state your intention here....)

but if what i ask of you so earnestly

does not tend to the glory of god

and the greater good of my soul,

do you, i pray, obtain for me

that which is more profitable to both these ends.

amen.

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day two

almighty god,

giver of all good gifts,

who did will that blessed therese,

being watered by the heavenly dew of your guiding grace,

should bloom in carmel with the beauty of virginity

and patience in suffering,

grant that i your servant

may go forward in the order of her sweetness

and may be found worthy to become a devoted

and loyal follower of christ.

amen.

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day three

o therese of the child jesus,

lily of purity,

ornament and glory of carmel,

i greet you, great saint,

seraph of divine love.

i rejoice in the favors

our lord so liberally bestowed on you.

in humility and confidence

i ask you to help me,

for i know god has given you love

and pity as well as power.

tell him, now, i beseech you,

of the favor i seek in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

your request will crown my petition

with success and bring joy to my heart.

remember your promise to do good here on earth.

"i shall spend my heaven doing good on the earth.

after death i shall let fall a shower of roses."

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day four

o little flower of jesus,

who at an early age had your heart set on carmel

and in your brief earthly life

did become the mirror of angelic purity,

of courageous love

and of whole hearted surrender to almighty god,

turn your eyes of mercy upon me who trusts in you.

obtain for me the favor i seek in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

and the grace to keep my heart and mind pure and clean.

o dear saint, grant me to feel in every need

the power of your intercession;

help to comfort me in all the bitterness of this life

and especially at its end,

that i may be worth

to share eternal happiness with you in heaven.

amen.

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day five

o little flower of carmel,

almighty god endowed you,

consumed by love for him,

with wondrous spiritual strength

to follow the way of perfection

during the days of your short life.

sickness touched you early

but you remained firm in faith

and prayer was your life.

o pray for me that i may benefit

by your intercession

and be granted the favor i ask in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day six

o little flower of jesus,

you have shown yourself so powerful in your intercession,

so tender and compassionate toward those

who honor you and invoke you

in suffering and distress,

that i kneel at your feet

with perfect confidence

and beseech you most humbly

and earnestly to take me under your protection

in my present necessity

and obtain for me the favor i ask in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

vouchsafe to recommend my request to mary,

the merciful queen of heaven,

that she may plead my cause with you

before the throne of jesus, her divine son.

cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted.

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day seven

therese of the child jesus,

most loving saint,

in union with you i adore the divine majesty.

my heart is filled with joy

at the remembrance of the marvelous favors

with which god blessed your life on earth

and of the great glory that came to you after death.

in union with you,

i praise god,

and offer him my humble tribute of thanksgiving.

i implore you to obtain for me,

through your powerful intercession,

the greatest of all blessings

that of living and dying in the state of grace.

i also beg of you to secure for me

the special favor i seek in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day eight

o glorious st. therese, who,

burning with the desire of increasing the glory of god,

invariably attended to the sanctification of your soul

by the constant practice of prayer and charity so that,

becoming in the church a model of holiness,

you are now in heaven the protector of all those

who have recourse to you in faith,

look down upon me who invokes your powerful patronage

and join your petition to mine

that i be granted the favor i seek in this novena...

(state your intention here....)

st. therese of the child jesus,

pray for us.

day nine

o st. therese,

seraphic virgin,

beloved spouse of our crucified lord,

you who on earth did burn with a love

so intense toward your god and my god,

and now glow with a bright

and purer flame in paradise,

obtain for me, i beseech you,

a spark of that same holy fire

which shall help me to put things of the world

in their proper place

and live my life always conscious of the presence of god.

as i conclude my novena

i also beg of you to secure for me

the special favor i seek at this time...

(state your intention here....)

st. therese of the child jesus, pray for us(note) after each novena please pray 24 glory be and say st. therese of child jesus pray for us in between.

this is done every 9th day to 17th day each month